I love a good Fish Taco anytime of year… my Best Friend, Carol, gave this recipe to me. Once a month (at least) we’d go to Rubio’s for fish tacos! Until she found this yum recipe on line and now we make them ourselves!! I have to admit I’m a healthifier of recipes so whenever I can, I change it up a little to be lower calorie or lower fat. (or both) Of course not all recipes deserve this mistreatment!! Say for instance a dessert… sometimes you just gotta indulge yourself 🙂
As Carol says… it’s all in the sauce! AND this sauce is AWESOME!!
Fish Tacos
Fish Tacos
8-10 corn tortillas 2-3 salmon filets, grilled with fresh lime 1 C shredded green cabbage 2 sprigs of cilantro per taco (if you’re a cilantro lover) pico de gallo or any salsa 1 tbsp feta cheese (optional) Spray the filets with olive oil cooking spray on both sides and spray the grill well. Cook the filets on medium heat 3-4 minutes per side. Heat lime halves on the grill and squeeze fresh lime on while grilling. Salmon is done when pulls away flaky in the middle. Shred cabbage. Warm tortillas. Layer in toppings and top with the “SAUCE”
Ingredients
Grill Salmon with fresh lime… hint: if you grill the lime, it releases a TON more juice
Shred the cabbage.. I use a cheese slicer to get nice thin, uniform shreds
Flake salmon, layer all in a corn tortilla
Sauce
1/2 C lowfat mayo (I use 1/4C lowfat mayo and 1/4C plain greek yogurt) 1/2 C lowfat sourcream (don’t go non-fat… it’s nasty) 1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp cayenne 1 Tbsp lime juice salt and pepper to taste Combine ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Serve on Fish Tacos
Ingredients for sauce
Mix mayo, sour cream (and greek yogurt if you healthify it!)
Add spices
Add lime juice
Add cilantro
AND FINALLY salt and pepper to taste!!
Here’s a recipe to make Pico to go along with it! Or any salsa you like works too.
Pico de Gallo
2 tomatoes, diced 2 Tbsp cilantro 1 avacado salt and pepper to taste 1 Tbsp lime juice Toss and let sit in the fridge for 30 minutes. Serve!
If you want to look at the original recipe here’s the link: www.favfamilyrecipes.com (Easy Fish Tacos 5.26.11 is the post)
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the health benefits Omega-3’s that Salmon is so popular for… here’s a little run down if your interested in learning more!
–The widely-studied benefits of omega-3 fatty acids are documented…. In general, these benefits involve improved control of the body’s inflammatory processes, better overall cell function, improved transfer of information between the body’s cells, and better brain function. When researchers look specifically at intake of omega-3-containing fish like salmon, they find health support in all of the above areas.
Yield: 10
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Ingredients
Fish Tacos:
8-10 corn tortillas
2-3 salmon filets, grilled with fresh lime
1 C shredded green cabbage
2 sprigs of cilantro per taco, if you're a cilantro lover
pico de gallo or any salsa
1 tbsp feta cheese, optional
Sauce:
1/2 C lowfat mayo, I use 1/4C lowfat mayo and 1/4C plain greek yogurt
1/2 C lowfat sourcream, don't go non-fat... it's nasty
1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp cayenne
1 Tbsp lime juice
salt and pepper to taste
Pico de Gallo:
2 to matoes, diced
2 Tbsp cilantro
1 avacado
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbsp lime juice
Toss and let sit in the fridge for 30 minutes. Serve!
Instructions
Fish Tacos:
Spray the filets with olive oil cooking spray on both sides and spray the grill well.
Cook the filets on medium heat 3-4 minutes per side.
Heat lime halves on the grill and squeeze fresh lime on while grilling.
Salmon is done when pulls away flaky in the middle.
Shred cabbage.
Warm tortillas.
Layer in toppings and top with the "SAUCE"
Sauce:
Combine ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Serve on Fish Tacos
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Debbie… they're totally so good! I love hearing back from people and how the recipes go over with your families 🙂
We made these yesterday and everyone loved them, including my fish eating vegetarian! Thanks for another great recipe.